Unclaimed Assets:Money The Government Owes You!

U.S. Treasury Securities - Lost Savings
Bonds

Lost U.S. Savings Bond Search

55 Million Americans own US government savings bonds,
long popular as gifts and investments purchased through payroll
withholding. The Bureau of Public Debt calculates the current redemption
value of lost and unredeemed U.S. savings bonds at $16.7 billion.

In addition to missing savings
bonds, each year thousands of new savings bonds and bond interest
payments go undelivered when the savings bond owner moves and fails
to provide a forwarding address, and millions of dollars in savings
bonds held under government safekeeping programs remain unclaimed or
not cashed.

All U S savings bonds
stop earning interest at final maturity, 40 years or less from
issue, but they could still be worth more than five times their
original face value!

Only owners of Series
H or HH bonds that pay interest by check (less than 1% of all bonds)
are notified when bonds reach final maturity. All other bond holders
(including owners of Series EE savings bonds) must take affirmative
action to replace or redeem lost bonds.

For a search of the
undelivered bond database, and to receive claims
forms and information for lost, destroyed, uncashed and unredeemed
bonds go to: U.S. Savings Bond Search